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The Criminal Code Compilation Act 1913 (WA) [28] itself is the compiling Act of the Parliament of Western Australia but does not contain any criminal offences. The criminal offences are provided for in Schedule of the Act, and citing criminal offences in the Schedule is simply to the Criminal Code (WA). [29]
Both the Commonwealth of Australia and the states and territories can make criminal laws under the Constitution of Australia, so Crown prosecutors deal with both state and federal offences. The typical Crown prosecutor, often a King's Counsel or Senior Counsel , will have extensive experience as defence counsel as well as prosecuting counsel ...
The Australian Government did not invoke the provisions of the statute until 1942. The High Court also followed the decisions of the Privy Council during the first half of the twentieth century. Complete legislative independence was finally established by the Australia Act 1986, passed by the United Kingdom Parliament. It removed the ...
Selected decisions of the High Court, Federal Court, State and Territory Supreme Courts Australian Company Law Reports: ACLR: 1974-1989 Criminal law: Australian Criminal Reports: A Crim R: 1979-Thomson Reuters: Selected decisions on criminal law by the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of the states and ...
The Local Court of the Northern Territory is one of two levels of court in the Northern Territory of Australia. It has jurisdiction in civil disputes up to A$250,000, and in criminal cases in the trial of summary offences, and also deals with preliminary matters for indictable offences which are then heard by the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.
The District Court can hear most civil and criminal matters except for offences related to murder and treason. It also has jurisdiction over criminal injuries compensation claims. In the administrative and disciplinary division, the Court hears appeals from various government agencies, tribunals and disciplinary bodies. The Court is usually ...
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The High Court has described the concept of a superior court (and associated 'notions derived from the position of pre-Judicature common law courts') as having 'no ready application in Australia to federal courts.' [12] Despite this, Australian courts are frequently characterised as either 'superior' or 'inferior.'